Coupling attachment for locomotive-tenders



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Patented Nov. 13, 1883.

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GOUPLING ATTACHMENT EUR LOGOMOTNB TENDERS. No. 288,209.

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G. H. GOLBY'. Y GOPLING ATTACHMENT FOR LOGOMTIVE TENDERS. No. 288.209. Patented Nov. 13, 1883-.

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SPEGIFICATIGN forming part of Letters Patent No. 288,209, dated November 13, 1883. Application iiled June 14, 1883. (Xo model.)

To @it whom it may concern.-

Beit known that I, GEORGE H. CoLBY, of the city of Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massaehnsetts7 have invented a new and useful Improvement in Coupling Attachments iorIiocomotive-Engine Tenders, of which the following is a specification and description.

The object of my invention is to provide an attachment for locomotive-tenders by and inV which an ordinary hooked coupling-bar and a bunter may be supported and operated, so that the engine and tender may be easily and readily connected with a train of railway-cars er disconnected therefrom; and I accomplish this by the mechanism substantially as hereina'fter described, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in Which- Figure I is a plan view oi my attachment as secured to and connected with the rear end of a locomotive-tendon Fig. II is a transverse section at line B, showing the manner of securing,` the draw-bar to the lower side of the tender. Fig. III is a front view of my attachment as secured to a locomotive-tender, and Fig. IV is a' vlongitudinal vertical section through the attachment and a portion of the tender-frame. f y Y In the drawings, 2 represents thelower part of the frame of a locomotive-tender at the rear end, and 3 represents a case made preferably of cast metal, and hollow, and bolted through its iianges i to said frame at the rear end of the tender. A bunter-bar, 5, extends through the upper part of this case, with a bunterhead, 9, en its outer end, and with a Washer or plate, as 7, lxedto the har on the inside of the case, with a spring, (5, placed around the bar 5, and bearing against the inside of the case at one end, and against said plate or washer at the 'other' end, so that when the bunter-bar is forced in the spring,` is compressed, and its elasticity operates to force the bunter backward or outward. A coupling-bar, lil, provided with a hook, 36, at the outer end,-extends through the lower part of this ease 3, and extends beneath the tender, and is secured or pivoted to one end of the ldrawbar IS, so that thehook end of the couplingbar may be moved in a lateral direction; and the d raw-bar 1S has a nnt turned on its threaded end, with the blocks 20 secured upon said draw-bar, with a spring, as 19, between said blocks. These blocks are adapted to have a limited sliding movement lengthwise the tender in guide-pieces 23, bolted to the frame of the tender beneath, So that whether the coupling-bar 14 be forced in either direction length- Wise the spring 19 will be compressed, and one of the blocks 23 may move in the guide-pieces, and if the force against the coupling-bar is removed the block Will regain its position by the action oi' the said spring. `This spring` attachment of the coupling-bar gives an easy movement, and prevents Shock and undue Strain to the machinery in starting and in drawing the train.

A vertical shaft, l0, provided with aliand- Wheel or Winch at the upper end, has suitable bearings in the ease at one side, with an ordinary ratchet-Wheel iixed to said shaft, and a pawl, 12, pivoted to the case, as at l5, and a chain, 13, fastened at one end to the shaft and at the other end to the coupling-bar l-L, serves to draw the latter to one side when the shaft is turned and the chain wound thereon, and the coupling-bar may beheld in its position, when so drawn to one side, by the pawl 12 engaging with the ratchet on the shaft. Vhen the pawl is disengagedv from the ratchet, a spring, 40, (shown in dotted lines and attached to the tender-frame beneath, operates to draw the coupling-bar back into position for its hook 36 to engage with the hook of the coupling-bar on the next car.

When it is desired to couple the locomotive and tender to the train, the former, with its tender, is backed against the iirst car of the train, and as the outer ends of the couplingbars come together they are moved to one side and the hooks engage with each other in the ordinary manner; and when it is desired to detach the locomotive from the train the vertical shaft 10 is turned by its Winch or handwheel to Wind the chain'l upon the Said shaft, and the coupling -bar, with its hook 86, is drawn to one side, so that the hooks will be disengaged, vand the locomotive and tender are moved away from the train. s

Inasmuch as locomotive-tenders are not pro- IOC) vided with a platform in and ,upon which to support and Aoperate a hooked coupling-bar,

it is obvious that this attachment furnishes aY Without departing from the invention in the very convenient medium for that purpose, andleast. I the vertical shaft 10 may be turned by'its Havingthus described myinvention,whatI Winch or hand-wheel by the train-man WhenA claim as new is- 2 5 standing on the front platform of the next car An improved coupling attachment adapted behind the tender. to be secured to the rear end of a locomotive- A recess, 40, may be made in the front part engine tender, consisting of the casting or case 'of the hook of the couplingbar, with a verti- 3, provided With a recess or opening, through e cal hole, 17, in which to insert a link-pin, 16, which the `coupling-bar extends, in combina- 3o 1o Which may be carried in a hole in the top of tion with a springfactuated bunter contained the case 3, so that the engine and tender may Within and with its headv projecting rearward becoupled to a train or car providedwith the through said case, a shaft or rod having its ordinary bunter and link-and-pin coupling. bearing in said case, and a chain secured at It Will be seen that the coupling-bar 14 eX- one end to said shaft or rod, and at the other 3 5 15 tends through the hole 8 in the case 3, and that end to said coupling-bar, to move the latter the said bar is heldup in place by that part in a lateral direction, al1 substantially as deof the case which is beneath the hole 8; but scribed` instead of said holey being madein the case, a GEORGE H. COLBY.v

recess might be made up into the case .from Vitnesses: 2o the lower side, and a supporting-bar placed T. A. CURTIS,

across beneath the coupling-bar to support it, CHAs. H. WOOD. 

